He didn't want to put any added pressure on his senior forward, who played in what proved to be the final basketball game of her high school career.

Spahar scored 16 points in a 45-42 overtime loss to Chagrin Falls. When he found out Spahar was two points shy of the milestone, Eppich knew he had to make sure the number was right. So he and his assistant coach Shannon Maki went through all of Lake Catholic's scorebooks over the past four years.

While recalculating every point, they noticed Spahar's score of 12 points was recorded as only 10 in a loss on the road to Hathaway Brown on Dec. 28, 2011. Eppich called Hathaway Brown coach Paul Barlow and asked him to check his official book, and the mistake was revealed. Spahar had in fact scored 12 points against the Blazers, which meant she officially had 1,000 for her career.

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"When we were going through the records, it could have gone either way," Eppich said. "We just thought we had to take a look because she was so close. We had a running tally on how many she needed and as far as we knew, she needed two more points. When she didn't get them in overtime, I knew I had to take one more look."

Spahar said she had no idea she was even close to 1,000 in the game against Chagrin Falls until five days later when a teammate asked her if she was disappointed.

"I think my whole team knew I needed 18 points, except me," Spahar said. "I knew they didn't want to tell me because they didn't want it to get into my head."

Spahar's older sister Missy, a junior at John Carroll University, scored her 1,000th point for the Blue Streaks this season, so it made the achievement even sweeter.

"This is a really big honor for me," Spahar said.

Spahar is going to follow in her sister's footsteps and continue her basketball career at JCU. She will be joined by fellow Lake Catholic graduates Erin Mog and Beth Switzler. Spahar led the 19-5 Cougars in scoring (18 points per game), rebounding (10 rpg), steals (4 spg) and assists (3 apg) this season. She earned second-team Division II All-Ohio honors and first-team Associated Press Northeast Lakes all-district honors.